Art thieves stole three paintings worth millions of pounds from Oxford University — including a 400-year-old Van Dyck
Art thieves stole three paintings worth millions of pounds from Oxford University — including a 400-year-old Van Dyck NewsColony ART thieves stole three paintings worth millions of pounds — including a 400-year-old Van Dyck. They are thought to have dropped through a roof to evade hi-tech alarms. 4 Sir Anthony van Dyck’s A Soldier on Horseback, which dates from 1616, was one of the three paintings stolen Credit: PA:Press Association 4 A Boy Drinking by Annibale Carracci was also stolen in the heist Credit: PA:Press Association Cops are probing the raid at Christ Church, Oxford University, at 11pm on Saturday. Sir Anthony van Dyck’s A Soldier on Horseback, dating to 1616, was snatched. A similar work by the Flemish master sold for £2.6million in 2018. Raiders also nicked A Boy Drinking (1580) by Annibale Carracci, and A Rocky Coast, With Soldiers Studying a Plan (1640s) by Salvator Rosa. Both artists were Italian. Det Chief Insp Jon Capps said: “These are very high va...